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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Fleshdreg

You know anything with “flesh” and “dreg” in the name just didn't work out right the first time.I guess even evil needs a rough
draft.

Fleshdregs are what happens when sinspawn creation fails,
being little more than mouths, legs, and their associated sin. While not very
powerful in general (CR 1), their special abilities can still really do a
number on the low-level PCs they’re meant to face.

Of course, fleshdregs don’t have to be failed experiments in
your campaign; as aberrations, they might even be (semi)natural.For instance…

A new adventuring
party escorts their novitiate cleric friend to his first placement, only to
find the parish priest he was to serve has disappeared.That night, a strange wave of energy
ripples through the town, causing hitherto unnoticed pods to swell and burst
forth fleshdregs.The aberrations
represent a variety of the community’s sins—several local barns birth lust
fleshdregs, for instance, while envy and wrath fleshdregs pop up behind the
rough public house—and they eagerly attack the humanoid sources of the sins
they embody.

A greedspawn despises
the clamoring greed fleshdregs that tail her every move, but her nature simply
won’t allow her to part with any of them.If adventurers wound or even kill the fleshdregs she is unconcerned, but
if they use any kind of mind-affecting, enchantment, or similar spell on the
fleshdregs she will become incensed, screaming “Mine! They are mine!” in Aklo
as she attack the culprit in a rage.

Adventurers are
visiting a local mage.He
expresses interest in tutoring one of their number within earshot of his
oft-overlooked assistant.The apprentice’s
envy imbues the cauldron she is stirring, hatching a well-nurtured and fully
grown fleshdreg before the company’s very eyes.

I like fleshdregs and sinspawn.I don't want every campaign feeling like the Bible or the Inferno, but I do like campaigns where
sin is a real thing.(After all,
sin magic helped put Rise of the Runelords—and Pathfinder—on the map.)And I’m sure you could substitute
various shades of shame or dishonor if sin isn't your thing.

Since with my schedule I struggle to read the official
Pathfinder books in a timely fashion (the softcovers I’m solid on; the
hardcovers are another, far sadder story), I’ve never given the fan-produced Wayfinder the attention it deserves (and
it truly does deserve it).I’d be
remiss if I didn't point out that issue #12 is out today, though.

By the way, please forgive the occasional typos. I am aware of them, but disagreements between MS Word and the Blogger template make my entries nearly impossible to edit once posted. I blame gremlins. You can find a more polished version of this blog over on Tumblr.